Healthcare
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.
Median salary
$48,790
Typical range
$37k – $81k
Job outlook
+5% (faster than average)
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Entry / Junior
$37,290
~2 yrs to advance
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Established
$48,790
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Senior
$65,040
Key skills
A typical day
- •Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- •Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
- •Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- •Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
- •Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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